Diocese of Puthur, India 🇮🇳 (Syro-Malankara Rite)

Continent: South and East Asia

Rite: Syro-Malankara (Antiochian)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Puthur / Puttur / Puthuren(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Tiruvalla

Neighbouring Dioceses: Saint Ephrem of Khadki (↑), Bathery (↘), Tiruvalla (↘)

Depends on: Dicastery for the Eastern Churches

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Celebrations

Patron Saint: Saint Joseph

History

2010.01.25: Established as Diocese of Puthur / Puttur / Puthuren(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Bathery and became suffragan of Tiruvalla)
2020.09.21: Gained territory from Diocese of Saint Ephrem of Khadki

Contact Info

Address: Catholic Bishop’s House, Parladka, P.O. Puttur, 574203, Karnataka, India

Present Prelates

Bishop (2017.08.05 – ...):

Bishop Geevarghese Makarios Kalayil (67)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Puthur (Syro-Malankara Rite)

Bishop Geevarghese Makarios Kalayil (67)
(2017.08.05 – ...)

Bishop of Puthur of the Syro-Malankara (India)

Born:	1958.07.16 (Renjalady, India)
Ordained Priest:	1986.05.01
Consecrated Bishop:	2017.09.21

Priest of Puthur of the Syro-Malankara (India) (1986.05.01 – 2017.08.05)

Bishop of Puthur of the Syro-Malankara (India) (2017.08.05 – ...)

Bishop Geevarghese Divannasios Ottathengil
(2010.01.25 – 2017.01.24)

Born:	1950.11.01 (Kunnanthanam, India)
Ordained Priest:	1978.04.20
Consecrated Bishop:	1997.02.05
Died:	2018.01.16 (Tiruvalla, India † 67)

Bishop of Bathery of the Syro-Malankara (India) (1996.11.11 – 2010.01.25)

Bishop of Puthur of the Syro-Malankara (India) (2010.01.25 – 2017.01.24)

Special Churches

Cathedral: St. Mary’s Malankara Cathedral, Noojibalthila, Karnātaka

Saint Ephrem of Khadki (↑), Bathery (↘), Tiruvalla (↘)

Statistics (2021.12.31)

Population: 5,760 Catholics

Pastoral Centres: 33 parishes

Personnel: 33 priests (25 diocesan, 8 religious), 52 religious (8 brothers, 44 sisters), 12 seminarians

Syro-Malankara Diocese of

Puthur